St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-10-29
THE LATEST NEWS.
Events of Importance at Home
and Abroad.

tist Church, New York, to take action il
reference to the proposition to keep tn
saloons open on Sundays after two o'clock il
the afternoon. The following was adopted
'Resolved, That we earnestly call upon ou
fellow-citizens in all parts of the State, b.
public meetings or by such other means a
may be deemed expedent, to ascertain def
nltely from every candidate for election
TO the Senate and Assembly whether h
Will defend the Lords day against any re
taxation of the present laws for its main
tenance, and we also urge such citizens
TO take effective means for the defeat o
any candidate of whatever political party
who declines to commit himself to this de
tense" The following committee was ap
pointed to get up public meeting and carry
out the recommendations of the committee
on resolutions: Bishop Potter, of the Epis
copal church; Rev. DR.. James NJ. King
Methodist; DR.. Virgin, Congregationalst
DR.. Wenner, Lutheran; DR.. Macarthur,
Baptist; DR.. Ormiston, Dutch Reformed
DR.. John Hall, Presbyterian, and DR.. Eaton,
Unlversalist. The committee has power to
add to its numbers, and will, it is under
stood, include Archbishop Corrigan, or, il
not, some prominent Catholic clergyman.
The Roman Catholic Sisters of Charity
who had applied for positions as public
school teachers in Pittsburg have withdrawn
their applications. The superintendent of
the central board of education in that city
has received scores of letters and papers, all
| OF them denouncing the action Of the Thirty
thlrd-ward school board in electing priest
to the position of principal. These papers
come from all parts of the country.
The American Secular Union met in Chi
cago recently and elected these officers
President, s. P. Putnam, of New York ;
secretary, E. A. Stevens, of Chicago; treas
urer, Charles Eckhard, of New York chair
man Of executive committee, E. B. Foote,
Jr.; chairman of finance committee, E.
Beale. Several papers were read.
Serious riots have occurred in Gibraltar
between Irish and English soldiers. Many
of the rioters were injured. Several arrests
have been made. The streets are guarded
by strong patrols.
Rear Admiral Braine commanding the
South Atlantic squadron, reports to the
Navy Department that on September s last
Marinbeiro was lost by running upon bar
south of Rio Doce. One officer and four
teen seamen were lost.
J. and II. Neville, brothers, were drowned
in the Allegheny river, near Pittsburg, by
the capsizing Of skiff.
A telegram from Green Bay, Wis, says the
schooner Riverside, of Toledo is ashore and
broken in two on Pilot island.
The steamer Warwick has arrived at ST.
Johns, Newfoundland with the pistons of
her lower engine broken. 1t will take three
weeks to repair the damage. The Warwick
left Norfolk, Va, on October 7, with 1921
bales of cotton.
Walter NJ. Gibson, ex-premier of the Ha-
waiian kingdom, is seriously i'll in San Fran
cisco. He had a tumor removed from his
face few days ago.
Ernest Tendleman was standing on a plat
form at indianapolis, Ind, recently, loading
coal on locomotive tender, when his foot
slipped and falling headforemost about fif-
teen feet, he struck a switch target, which
entered his shoulder and was driven clear
through his body. There was a knob on the
before he was extricated. 1t took thirty-five
minutes to remove the knob and the accu-
mulated rust before he could be lifted off the
target, which was about an inch and a-half |
in diameter. The physicians at the hospital |
express hope of saving his life.
Archie NJ. Honeywell aged thirty-fve |
years, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania rail- |
road, has been killed by falling from an en-
CINE at Wilkesbarre.
The first suit growing out of the Kouts dis
aster has been begun in the Circuit Court in
Chicago by Joseph Coal against the Chicago
and Atlantic Railroad Company. He had
his side severely injured in the accident, and
claims 10000 damages.
M. S. Hudgins, assistant principal of the
Norfolk Academy, at Norfolk, Va, acci-
lentally shot himself with fowling piece
'ecently and died of the wound.
Charles Wilcox, boy, keeper of a toll
gate near Wilkesbarre, Pa, shot and killed
mother boy, named George Brooks. Wilcox
aid they were playing with revolver and it
accidentally went off.
AS an eastbound passenger train on the
Wabash railroad reached the long bridge
lear North Morence, Wis, recently, the en-
,ineer discovered that the structure was on
ire, and succeeded in stopping the train. A
lumber of roadmen on the train extin-
uished the flames after two hours work.
t is believed that the bridge was set on fire.
The steamship Rio de Janeiro which has
rrived at San Francisco from China and
apan, brings news of a terrible fire at
Iankow, which destroyed S3,OOOOOO worth
f property and caused loss of 900 lives.
The tenement occupied by James O'Con-
ell, at Peabody, Mass, was burned re-
emily, and two of OConnell's children,
ames, aged four, and Mary, aged two years,
vere sufocated.
A boarding house at Lake Edward, Que
&C. has been burned, and three boarders
homas Sanders, William Buchan and
gorge Scotton, lost their lives.
The glass works plant of Adams & Co., in :
ittsburg together with row Of tenements, :
yo brick dwellings and three small stables, :;
ave been burned. Loss, $4,000; insur r
nee, $4,000.